Stigmatopora

Stigmatopora is a genus of pipefishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Stigmatopora
Stigmatopora nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Subfamily:	Syngnathinae
Genus:	Stigmatopora Kaup, 1853
Type species
Syngnathus argus Richardson, 1840
Species
5, see text
Synonyms
Nigracus Whitley, 1953 Stigmatopora Kaup, 1853

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[1][2]

• Stigmatopora argus (J. Richardson, 1840) (spotted pipefish)
• Stigmatopora harastii Short & Trevor-Jones, 2020 (red wide-bodied pipefish)
• Stigmatopora macropterygia A. H. A. Duméril, 1870 (long-snouted pipefish)
• Stigmatopora narinosa Browne & K. Smith, 2007 (Southern Gulf pipefish)
• Stigmatopora nigra Kaup, 1856 (wide-bodied pipefish)